Covid 19 - Dispatch from Seoul | back to the office

Since the beginning of the outbreak, a lot of office workers have been working from home. When the situation in Seoul did not escalate as much as in Daegu, offices have started to organize a system of shifts to preserve social distancing. With only half of the effective present, the chances of transmission supposed to be kept to a minimum. This week as the curve is flattening, most companies have decided to get their full effective back to work. The center of Seoul is once again busy with white-collar workers covered with masks walking around, getting lunch and coffee and enjoying the first warm days of the spring. Wearing masks almost constantly is a new normality and each office building checks the temperature of each employee before they are allowed back in.

Office workers on their way to their lunch break.

On some terraces. office workers are allowing themselves to take out the masks in small groups.

Each worker is checked for body temperature before getting inside their office building.

All photos are copyrighted by Tim Franco - available upon request : timfranco@gmail.com